CHICAGO (May 4, 2020) – Damezi Anderson (South Bend, Ind./Riley/Indiana), who spent the last two years at Indiana University, has transferred to Loyola University Chicago to continue his career and educational pursuits, Ramblers head men's basketball coach Porter Moser announced today. Anderson will have to sit out the 2020-21 season due to NCAA rules, but will have two seasons of eligibility remaining, starting with the 2021-22 campaign. 
 
"We are really excited to add Damezi to the Loyola family," Moser said. "He is a long and athletic guard who has a big-time ability to make shots. We have had a good track record of transfers coming into our program and flourishing, and Damezi has the ability to join that list of success stories."
 
This season, Anderson averaged 2.8 points and 2.2 rebounds in 18 appearances for the Hoosiers, scoring in double figures off the bench on a pair of occasions, including a 14-point, six-rebound effort against Troy. As a freshman, the 6-foot-7 wing tallied 1.5 ppg and 1.1 rpg in 21 contests and recorded a season-high nine points and four boards against Jacksonville. 
 
Loyola has had a recent run of success with players who have achieved greatness after transferring in to the program. Guards Clayton Custer and Marques Townes, who both transferred to Loyola, started on the Ramblers' 2018 NCAA Final Four squad and captured Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year accolades in 2018 and 2019 respectively. 
 
Meanwhile, rising redshirt senior Aher Uguak has been a regular in the starting lineup over the last two seasons after transferring from New Mexico and Tate Hall, a transfer from Division II University of Indianapolis, collected Third Team All-MVC and MVC All-Newcomer Team recognition in 2019-20 in his first season of eligibility at Loyola. 
 
Milton Doyle, a Chicago native who transferred from Kansas, graduated in 2017 as one of the most prolific playmakers in recent Loyola history before becoming the first Rambler in 30 years to play in the NBA. In 2020-21, guard Braden Norris, a Horizon League All-Freshman Team honoree, becomes eligible after sitting out last season following a transfer from Oakland University. 
 
"Loyola was the perfect fit and a great situation for me to grow as a person and to continue developing my game," Anderson said. "I'm excited to get to campus!"
 
Coming out of Riley High School in South Bend, Indiana, Anderson was ranked No. 92 in the country by 247Sports and No. 114 by Rivals, in addition to being the second-rated player in the state of Indiana. A prolific scorer, he poured in an impressive 2,210 points in his career to set a St. Joseph County and city of South Bend scoring record. After totaling 24 points and 7.6 rebounds per game as junior, Anderson pitched in 19.1 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 2.0 apg and 1.8 spg, while helping Riley to a 26-1 record as a senior in 2017-18.
 
Loyola returns all five starters from last year's 21-win team, including senior center Cameron Krutwig, who picked up a First Team All-MVC status for the second straight season. Moser has steered the program to its best run of success in decades, winning 20 or more contests in three straight seasons for the first time since the early 1960s.